Friday, October 8,1982
Daily Nebraskan
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UNL Culture Center mm relocate
By Janet H. Chu
What was once an old garage with aban
doned tools and dried grease on its floors
at 1012 N. 16th St. is now the UNL
Culture Center. But, provided financing is
feasible, the Culture Center may move
from that old building once and for all to a
more student-accessible location.
The formation of the Culture Center
was initiated by the Afro-American Collegi
ate Society in 1969. Through the Division
of Student Affairs, the society worked
with the Department of Multi-Cultural
Affairs to find and operate a "cultural
pluralistic " facility" on campus that
minority and ethnic students could use,
said Ennio Quevedo, activities coordinator
of Campus Activities and Programs.
Beginning in 1973, conversion was
under way to turn the garage into the
present Culture Center.
"With our sledgehammers and crowbars
we tore out the insides and scooped
everything out the back door. It grew from
nothing to a culture center," said Daryl
Swanson, director of the Nebraska Union.
In July of 1978, the Culture Center
came under the jurisdiction of the CAP
office in the Nebraska Union staffed by
graduate assistant Wardell Smith and four
work-study students.
A place for events
The original function of the Center was
to provide a place for events for ethnic
and minority students. This is still true
East Union . .
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The union sits on an L-shaped lot and
its design is the second draft made by the
specialist who designed it
"It is a parallelogram," Swanson said.
'The committee turned down his first
design because the specialist had
planned for Miller Hall to be torn down,"
Swanson said. "The university said Miller
Hall had to stay."
Swanson said the East Union is very
functional and is operating under the
costs prorated for it.
"Nineteen and a half percent of the
student population is on East Campus,"
Swanson said. "Last year, the East Union
today, with an added effort to promote
educational activities like lectures and
workshops, Quevedo said.
Presently, the Center serves a variety of
purposes. Some of the programs of Black
History Month in September were held,
as are fund-raising dinners and dances.
ASUN meets there once a month.
According to Swanson, flexibility is a
key characteristic of the Culture Center.
He said it is much like the Nebraska Union,
only in a smaller context, so it is more
flexible for special needs.
Presently, the Culture Center is working
with a special task force to investigate
the possibility of relocation. This task
force of students, staff and faculty, was
appointed by Vice Chancellor of Student
Affairs Richard Armstrong in 1981,
Quevedo said.
Building 'falling apart
"The present building is very old and
is falling apart. It has structural problems
and it is not feasible to put more money
into it. That was the catalyst for the
search," Quevedo said. Swanson said there
is a definite need for a new facility that
students may find more accessible.
Quevedo said the possibility of building
a new Culture Center has been ruled out
because it would cost too much.
Therefore, the task force has made a
recommendation to Armstrong to renovate
the Tau Kappa EpsUon fraternity house
at 425 University Terrace. The TKE
fraternity currently is renting the building
used only IS percent of the fee resources,
so it is doing very well. The East Union
food service also is equal in its output of
food sold to the City Union," he said.
Swanson said he feels the parallelogram
design has worked out very well within
the union. He said it is a nice-looking,
yet functional structure.
"Some buildings that are pretty aren't
functional," he said.
Anthony said she feels the union helps
give the university a good public image.
"Some of us have felt for years that
students on East Campus had been
cheated," she said. "Now they've got a
place of their own.
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That recommendation is now in an
approval process and Quevedo said he
thinks Armstrong is pleased with the idea.
The task force is now soliciting input
from different student organizations to
find out what type of a building will be
useful for them, he said. This will allow
the task force to draw up a floor plan for
the proposed renovation of the new build
ing and, in turn, determine its cost, he
said.
The plan to renovate the TKE house,
however, is still in a preliminary stage.
"We have to determine the dollars
needed to convert the building. Since the
Culture Center is a student fee-funded
entity, if it is not financially feasible, then
we will not renovate the building,"
Swanson said.
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